Ivan Grove

Ivan Grove

Biographical details
Born	(1894-08-18)August 18, 1894 Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died	January 2, 1984(1984-01-02) (aged 89) Conway, Arkansas, U.S.
Playing career
1914–1916, 1919	Kendall
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1921	Oklahoma Baptist
1922–1923	Arkansas (assistant)
1924–1955	Hendrix
Basketball
1920–1922	Oklahoma Baptist
1924–1946	Hendrix
Track
1924–1958	Hendrix
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1924–1959	Hendrix
Head coaching record
Overall	111–126–16 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Hendrix Hall of Fame (1994) Tulsa Hall of Fame (1982)

Ivan H. Grove (August 18, 1894 – January 2, 1984) was an American football, basketball and track coach and college athlete.

College athlete

As a college athlete at the University of Tulsa (then known as the Kendall Institute), he led the nation with 196 points in 1919 Kendall Orange and Black football team as a quarterback under head coach Francis Schmidt.^[1]

College coach

Grove spent two years as the head football coach at Oklahoma Baptist University from 1920 to 1921. In 1922, he was hired by Francis Schmidt as the first full-time paid assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, where he coached for two years.^[2]

Grove was then hired as the head coach and athletic director at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, where coached until he retired in 1959.^[3]

Death

In retirement, Grove lived a block from the Hendrix campus. He died on January 2, 1984.^[4]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Independent) (1920–1921)
1920	Oklahoma Baptist	5–5
1921	Oklahoma Baptist	3–5–1
Oklahoma Baptist:		8–10–1
Hendrix Bulldogs (Independent) (1924–1927)
1924	Hendrix	5–3–1
1925	Hendrix	6–2–1
1926	Hendrix	7–1–1
1927	Hendrix	5–3–1
Hendrix Warriors (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1955)
1928	Hendrix	2–5–1
1929	Hendrix	6–2–1
1930	Hendrix	6–3
1931	Hendrix	4–5
1932	Hendrix	6–2–2
1933	Hendrix	4–4–1
1934	Hendrix	3–5–2
1935	Hendrix	6–3
1936	Hendrix	6–3–1
1937	Hendrix	6–2
1938	Hendrix	5–4
1939	Hendrix	4–4–1
1940	Hendrix	3–6
1941	No team
1942	No team—World War II
1943	No team—World War II
1944	No team—World War II
1945	No team—World War II
1946	Hendrix	1–8	1–5	7th
1947	Hendrix	4–5–1
1948	Hendrix	2–7
1949	Hendrix	3–5–1
1950	Hendrix	4–4
1951	Hendrix	3–4
1952	Hendrix	1–5
1953	Hendrix	1–6
1954	Hendrix	0–7
1955	Hendrix	0–8
Hendrix:		103–116–15
Total:		111–126–16

See also

• List of college football coaches with 100 losses

References

1. "Ivan Grove". tulsahurricane.com. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
2. The Razorbacks. University of Arkansas Press. 1996. ISBN 9781610753364. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
3. "Ivan H. Grove". hendrix.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
4. "Hall of famer dead". The Baxter Bulletin. Mountain Home, Arkansas. Associated Press. January 4, 1984. p. 9. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

• Ivan Grove at Find a Grave